Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-264) and index
1. Introduction: Ancestral Archives and Historical Issues. Perspectives. Circumstances. Comparisons -- 2. Rudimentary Ambitions and the Conversion to Protestantism -- 3. The Patrimony: Land, Rentes, and Offices. Land. Rentes. Judicial Offices. Military Commissions -- 4. Marriage and Family Life -- 5. Inheritance Systems and the Protection of the Patrimony -- 6. Educational Structures and Intellectual Traditions -- 7. Family Allegiances and Kinship Ties -- 8. Confessional Identity and the Crucible of the Revocation -- 9. Conclusion -- Lacger Family Genealogy